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Floyd Mayweather to fight Japanese kickboxer/MMA phenom Tenshin Nasukawa
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You don't know shit. But you're welcome to eat mine.
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K1 is financially crippled and has largely been replaced by Glory, Kunlun and to a lesser extent Bellator Kickboxing.
And no, Tenshin could not beat Floyd Mayweather.
Hell, Tenshin could probably bank 10 million if he fought Amir Khan, who is several orders of magnitude worse than any version of Floyd. And if they fought, Khan would box fucking circles around Tenshin, even with his glass jaw.
"The absolute top guys in a kickboxing promotion that is essentially bankrupt used to make comparable money to basic cable B side boxers"
"I'm sure undefined fighters working for undefined Japanese promotions 20 years ago when MMA was significantly less popular got paid bank"
Your "average" boxer may not make boatloads of cash. But an elite boxer makes more than any other athlete in the world. Conor McGregor is a household name in MMA but he makes about the same per fight as Dillian fucking Whyte, and ain't nobody who isn't a hardcore sports fan knows who Dilian Whyte is.
A main event boxer makes more than a main event MMA or kickboxer.
A mid level boxer makes way more than a midlevel MMA or kickboxer.
A journeyman boxer makes way more than a midlevel MMA or kickboxer.
It really doesn't get any more simple than this:
If Tenshin could beat a great boxer, he'd do it. He'd do it because a single fight against even a semi-famous boxer will make him more money than his entire kickboxing and MMA career combined so far.
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sportstalk!: you lose when you assume that because his dad was... Or maybe when suggesting someone feces would be tasty?
SPORTS!
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I don't know if you just googled K-1 for the first time, but I said, "when it was in its heyday". Did i say currently? All fighting in Japan from kickboxing to MMA to pro wrestling is all but dead.
You have no idea how popular Kakutougi was in Japan in its day, I think something like 35 million people watched Kid vs Masato on tv. The U.S hasn't come close to that.
I'm not sure how you deflected this conversation into a argument about fighter pay, but I literally could give two fucks what anybody makes at anything, Baseball, Soccer, Golf, whatever, who gives a shit.
Bottom line Mayweather accepted a fight with a teenager who looks like he's from a boy band, that he outweighs by 20 pounds and then ran. And I find it hilarious, that is all. I hope the saga continues.
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What is his record against women?
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No, that would be Floyd's record. He is the Goat when it comes to beating women.
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According to the leaked rules it was just boxing. I think Floyd was scared he would get knocked out by this kid in a boxing match and said fuck this.
Floyd saw some videos of Tenshin and thought...
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It's amazing how you can't follow the very simple thread of conversation. It's not about you caring how much anyone makes. The fighters care. A lot. The point was that if a fighter could do that thing that would earn them infinitely more money, they'd do it.
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Waaahhh I only make $50,000 a fight instead of 100,000,000. Get a grip.
Maybe they don't want the insane more amount of brain damage they will receive being a boxer. This is such a stupid argument, its like saying why doesn't a hockey player just play golf, because golfers make way more money?
Modern Boxing has been around for well over a hundred years, kickboxing is not even close to that and MMA even less. Boxing has had so much more time to grow and evolve to what it is, those other sports need time to catch up. Baseball players didn't make fuck all, but they kept doing it cause they loved it and look where it is today.
Again this thread was not about what fighters are paid, it was about a fight.
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So shutup poo nibbler.
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Have you ever boxed, karou?
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The fight game is about making as much money as you can and getting out before you take too much head trauma.
No, what's stupid is this brainless analogy.
I guess you are just too dumb to see the connection between the two. And too dumb not to draw attention to the fact you're the only one who can't. And your lack of short term memory must prevent you from recalling what fight this thread was about, or even you couldn't be so stupid as to go down this line of conversation.
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I know the analogy might be a little hard to understand for you, but keep at it, you'll get it someday.
I do have trouble remembering things I don't care about though, you're right about that.
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Back on topic.
Apparently Rizin claim's they are still in negotiations with Mayweather, and sent Sato Daisuke(Who produces Rizin and formerly PRIDE's VTR's) to the U.S.
They said they will make an announcement in a week or so about the situation.
I wonder what Sakikabara and Takada will have to say about this whole debacle.
Apparently Rizin claim's they are still in negotiations with Mayweather, and sent Sato Daisuke(Who produces Rizin and formerly PRIDE's VTR's) to the U.S.
They said they will make an announcement in a week or so about the situation.
I wonder what Sakikabara and Takada will have to say about this whole debacle.
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I'm sure whatever they say they'll validate it with what their dads did for a hobby.
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Took a while for you to come up with that one. Nice one though, sick burn bro.
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It was pretty quick relative to waiting for you to put together your first coherent point in this thread.
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I'm still waiting to see your first post relevant to this fight besides the brilliant, "sideshow Floyd" comment right out of the gate.
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And yet with 2 words I've made more sense than you have in a hundred.
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I know its hard to comprehend more than 2 words at a time, but if you could, you might learn something.
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